Welcome to Ask MarkRealtor

This page features miscellaneous information as well as some of Mark's favorite (and helpful) links to other web sites.

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Home Pilot
Welcome to Home Pilot by Prudential Fox and Roach.

Home Pilot can help make finding your new home simple.

With Home Pilot you can

view all your saved searches,

share them with a co-buyer,

save content,

make service requests and more.

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Welcome to Ask MarkRealtor
An online service providing consumers

free information from the best-selling For Dummies publications.

The information from Real Estate For Dummies

is sponsored by Prudential Fox & Roach. 

When you call on Prudential Fox & Roach for real estate help, you access

a team of passionate professionals

with rock-solid connections and the best marketing technology.

The following links provide

the most comprehensive real estate resource anywhere.

It will help you better understand everything you need to know about

buying, selling, financing and maintaining one of your most valuable investments.

This service includes step-by-step guides through all the important topics as well as glossary items.   
  
 Buying
This covers every question on the home buying process including dozens of insights

into the Advantages of Buying, Home Finance 101, Preparing to Shop, Your Real Estate Team,

Making an Offer, Getting a Mortgage, Inspections and Insurance, Closing the Deal and After You Buy. 
 
 Selling
If you're thinking about selling your home, this should give you a head start:

 Reasons to Sell, Getting Financially Organized, Preparing to Sell, Your Real Estate Team,

Listing Contracts & Commissions, Marketing Your Home, Negotiating, Closing the Deal, After You Sell and Rental Issues.  
  

 Financing
It's the most complex part of real estate, but these sections will

make it much more understandable: Mortgage Basics, Your Down

Payment, Fixed Mortgages, Adjustable Mortgages, Other Mortgage

Types, Applying for a Mortgage, Common Problems, Evaluating

Mortgages and Tax Issues. 

Maintaining
Your online homeowner's manual. You can refer to these sections anytime

you have a question on how to maintain or repair your most important investment:

Foundation and the Floor Frame, Your Roof and Siding, The Energy Envelope, Decks,

Fencing and Retaining Walls, The Swimming Pool and Spa, Landscape Irrigation,

Ornamental Iron, Walkways and Patios and Driveways.

Learn More About Getting Your FACT Act Free Annual Credit File
Under the FACT Act amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act

you are entitled to one free credit file disclosure in a 12 month period.

To request this free annual disclosure you may contact the Central Source on-line

at Annual Credit Report

Related credit score information from

Fair Isaac Corporation

Home Warranty Information

Local/Regional Information:

 Township of Lower Merion       Haverford Township      Upper Darby Township      Radnor Township

Marple Township     Newtown Township     Springfield Township

Narberth Borough     Borough of Lansdowne

Google Maps

Rural History Confederation (RHC) 

Real Estate Related Info:

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HUD Help for Homeowners Facing
the Loss of Their Home:

HUD Help

Online Real Estate News Links:

CNNMoney - Real Estate

Smart Growth America

Smart Growth America is a coalition of national, state and local organizations working to improve

the ways we plan and build the towns, cities and metro areas we call home.

PA League of Cities and Municipalities

A nonprofit, nonpartisan association established in 1900,

the Pennsylvania League of Cities and Municipalities is dedicated to

preserving the autonomy of local governments by serving as an advocate for cities and urban municipalities.

Additional Links will be added in December